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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Greg Beckenbaugh
Posts by Greg Beckenbaugh
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![“There are eight million stories in the naked city,” the narrator solemnly intoned at the end of the famous 1948 film noir and the 1958-63 television series. There aren’t that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Cad-55-807-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Cadillac Eldorado – If Only It Could Talk")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Cadillac Eldorado – If Only It Could Talk
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 9 Comments“There are eight million stories in the naked city,” the narrator solemnly intoned at the end of the famous 1948 film noir and the 1958-63 television series. There aren’t that […] -
![(originally posted 7/31/2011) Follow your own path. Have the courage of your convictions. Haste makes waste. Ford would prove each of these adages with its 1960 full-size cars, although not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Greg_pictures_Dec_2010_-_June_2011_131.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford Starliner – Haste Makes Waste")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford Starliner – Haste Makes Waste
Posted on March 3, 2025 | 162 Comments(originally posted 7/31/2011) Follow your own path. Have the courage of your convictions. Haste makes waste. Ford would prove each of these adages with its 1960 full-size cars, although not […] -
![(first posted 4/30/2014) Automakers have always been happy to borrow ideas from their competitors and proudly claim them as their own. It’s a trick even the proudest of parents have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/DSC_0213.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 AMC Ambassador SST – When Borrowing Is A Deadly Sin")
Curbside Classic: 1968 AMC Ambassador SST – When Borrowing Is A Deadly Sin
Posted on October 17, 2024 | 126 Comments(first posted 4/30/2014) Automakers have always been happy to borrow ideas from their competitors and proudly claim them as their own. It’s a trick even the proudest of parents have […] -
![(first posted 8/11/2011) From tiny acorns grow mighty oak trees. The 1961 Oldsmobile F-85 planted the seed that grew into the best-selling Cutlass Supreme. Unfortunately, during the 1980s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Cutlass-GM-10-002-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CCCCC Part 13: 1992 Cutlass Supreme – How The Mighty Have Fallen")
CCCCC Part 13: 1992 Cutlass Supreme – How The Mighty Have Fallen
Posted on February 24, 2024 | 71 Comments(first posted 8/11/2011) From tiny acorns grow mighty oak trees. The 1961 Oldsmobile F-85 planted the seed that grew into the best-selling Cutlass Supreme. Unfortunately, during the 1980s […] -
![(first posted 2/22/2012) Growing up in south-central Pennsylvania, trips to the Gettysburg battlefield were a regular family outing. My father has always been a history buff, which meant that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Hornet-side-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Hornet Hatchback – AMC’s High Water Mark")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Hornet Hatchback – AMC’s High Water Mark
Posted on September 12, 2021 | 119 Comments(first posted 2/22/2012) Growing up in south-central Pennsylvania, trips to the Gettysburg battlefield were a regular family outing. My father has always been a history buff, which meant that […] -
![(first posted 4/17/2014) This Mustang is the car that almost wasn’t. If Ford had stuck to its original plans, a very different Mustang would have been on the market by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Mustang-GB-2-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Mustang – The Car That Almost Wasn’t")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Mustang – The Car That Almost Wasn’t
Posted on March 27, 2020 | 85 Comments(first posted 4/17/2014) This Mustang is the car that almost wasn’t. If Ford had stuck to its original plans, a very different Mustang would have been on the market by […] -
Car Show Classic: 1955 Cadillac Eldorado – Oh, The Stories I Could Tell
Posted on May 21, 2019 | 51 Comments(first posted 6/25/2013) “There are eight million stories in the naked city,” the narrator solemnly intoned at the end of the famous 1948 film noir and the 1958-63 television series. […] -
![The fun part of watching for Curbside Classics is that they appear in the most unexpected places–at least in Pennsylvania, where road salt and winter weather sends most cars to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0607.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1987 Honda Civic – A Thank You Gift That Is Still Giving")
CC Capsule: 1987 Honda Civic – A Thank You Gift That Is Still Giving
Posted on May 20, 2014 | 36 CommentsThe fun part of watching for Curbside Classics is that they appear in the most unexpected places–at least in Pennsylvania, where road salt and winter weather sends most cars to […]
